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- Tags: RAF Upper Heyford
Interview with Arthur Spencer
Tags: 16 OTU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; crewing up; ground crew; Master Bomber; military ethos; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; searchlight; target indicator; training; Ventura; Wellington; Window
Interview with William Cooke
Tells of his spell of guard duty on board a troop ship, and losing one of the people he was showing…
Tags: 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24; bomb struck; crash; demobilisation; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; radar; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
Malcolm Staves Diary
H Jack Lazenby DFC
Tags: 1654 HCU; 20 OTU; 207 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); briefing; Catalina; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; flight engineer; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 110; Me 262; mechanics engine; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Barkstone Heath; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Benson; RAF Bourn; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Colerne; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Elvington; RAF Fairford; RAF Halton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; RAF Talbenny; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Valley; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wing; recruitment; Resistance; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
If you can't take a joke...
Tags: 16 OTU; 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gee; ground crew; H2S; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; mechanics engine; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; perception of bombing war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cranage; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hednesford; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silloth; RAF Silverstone; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Torquay; RAF Upper Heyford; RCAF Moncton; sanitation; Stirling; strafing; training; Wellington; Whitley
RAF Badges cigarette card collection
Tags: 104 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 18 Squadron; 20 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 216 Squadron; 23 Squadron; 25 Squadron; 27 Squadron; 28 Squadron; 31 Squadron; 32 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 43 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 66 Squadron; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; RAF Abingdon; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Calshot; RAF Catterick; RAF Duxford; RAF Farnborough; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Kenley; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Netheravon; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Odiham; RAF Scampton; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford
John Joyner's scrap book
Many of the entries are post war and a number refer…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; entertainment; flight engineer; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
An account of John Joyner's time in the RAF
Post war his squadron took part in the repatriation of Army personnel from Italy and his unit was in India at around the time…
Jack Crawford's trip book
Tags: 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Catalina; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; training; V-1; V-weapon
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Upper Heyford; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Upper Heyford; sport; training
Seeding the Storm
Tags: 19 OTU; 207 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Harvard; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; pilot; promotion; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Driffield; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF Morton Hall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pocklington; RAF Spilsby; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worthy Down; Shackleton; sport; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Arthur Sidney Woolf
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Dominie; evading; fear; final resting place; Guinea Pig Club; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wroughton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; Wellington; wireless operator
Letter to Mr H A Bower
Tags: aircrew; killed in action; RAF Upper Heyford
Charles Flint's Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s, Air Gunner’s and Flight Engineer’s
Tags: 115 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1651 HCU; 178 Squadron; 70 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Graveley; RAF Madley; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Les Pickford's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 101 Squadron; 104 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 17 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; training; Wellington; York
A D Hope’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; lynching; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Madley; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wymeswold; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Eric Frederick Coling's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); ditching; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington
Charles Arthur Hill Darby’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Arnold Christian's Log book
Tags: 104 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 108 Squadron; 13 OTU; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Halifax; Harvard; Hornet Moth; Hurricane; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Debden; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus
JE Hanson flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Botha; crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Lindholme; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner